The 2012 MN Bass Fed Tournament of Champions had us hosting it on Island Lake Reservior, Duluth, MN. Check out our new club jerseys, thanks to our many sponsors for all the help. We finally got into some plaques, with all the great anglers fishing we were glad. But it's just a start now to try for more next year.

We will be watching the Bassmasters Classic, Sunday, Feb. 22nd, until the Super Bowl of fishing is done and winner announced, 4:00-5:00pm. Followed by a short program with Jason Manning from KQDS as emcee at 6:00pm.

Well the 2014 Minnesota BASS Nation Tournament of Champs is done and we did well in a very tough and contested tournament. With all the fishing pressure put on Lake Vermilion bass in the last 3-4 weeks, the bags were much smaller than normal.

Our Team of Doug Pirila, Mike Lebsack, Shark Kishida and Jeff Wefel also took 7th out of 27 teams from around the state.

Good stuff. Now we have one evening series event to go, then we start our monthly meetings the first Thursday in October, 7:00 pm at the Powerhouse Bar in Proctor. You are all welcome to join us.

We are also planning our awards to be done at the Powerhouse, on the final day of the Bass Masters Classic. It will be a blast, we will post the details as we get them finalized.

Minnewawa Lake Results

Awesome last Weekend Series Event this year. We got lucky and had great weather, a challenging bite, great people fishing and great bags. First THANKS to everyone for doing a great job on their boats and trailers, the members from the Lake Association that inspected us were very pleased to see that we take such good care of our equipment. GREAT JOB.

Here are the results:

Wgt

BF

Members

18.55

3.85

Johnston Westmoreland

18.55

3.85

Robbie Storrar

18.3

4.25

Douglas Pirila

18.3

4.25

Mike Lebsack

17.85

4.05

Dane Vocelka

17.85

4.05

Aaron Teal

16.05

3.55

Aaron Garrelts

16.05

3.55

Mark Garrelts

15.75

3.55

Andy Puvogel

15.75

3.55

Kenny Schofield

15.7

3.45

Bucky Fratzke

15.7

3.45

Cory Sunderman

14.2

2.8

Jeff Wefel

14.2

2.8

Paul Wefel

13.35

3.3

Aaron Bonelli

13.35

3.3

Joe Bonelli

10.9

3.1

Steve Johnson

Lake Vermilion, Tower, MN - Results

Another great day. A bit windy, but still people put up the fish. Great job. Looks like the brown beat the green again. Thanks everyone for making it a great day.

Wgt

BF

Members

17.55

3.85

Jason Wefel & Jeff Wefel

17.15

3.8

Darren Stish & Derek Stish

15.85

3.75

Clay Dueland & Steve Johnson

15.75

3.15

Aaron Garrelts & Mark Garrelts

15.35

4.4

Aaron Bonelli & Joe Bonelli

15.1

3.55

Johnston Westmoreland & Rick Jansen

14.8

3.35

Douglas Pirila & Mike Lebsack

13.2

3.45

Jesse Powell & Sam Carlson

10.3

4.9

Kenny Schofield & Lee Dueland

9.55

3.55

Dane Vocelka & Mike Hoppe

Lake Vermilion, Tower, MN - Results

Great weather and a great time with everyone. Thanks for coming out. Congrats to Johnston and Rick for the win. Great job.

Wgt

BF

Members

17

3.5

Johnston Westmoreland & Rick Jansen

16.6

3.3

Jason Wefel & Jeff Wefel

16.1

3.35

Darren Stish & Derek Stish

15.85

3.45

Clay Dueland & Steve Johnson

15

4.9

Dan Hendershot & John Meher

14.65

4.2

Douglas Pirila & Mike Lebsack

14.65

3.7

Dane Vocelka & Mike Hoppe

14.65

3.2

Roger Olson & Capt. Shark Kishida

14.3

2.95

Aaron Garrelts & Mark Garrelts

14.1

4.05

Greg Poetz

13.9

3.9

Jesse Powell & Sam Carlson

13.5

3.5

Aaron Bonelli & Joe Bonelli

13.3

3.4

Kenny Schofield & Lee Dueland

Trout Lake, Coleraine, MN - Results

More wind and plenty of rain too, brought the smallies out to play. Great job on all the brownies..

Wgt

BF

Members

17.7

4.1

Derek Stish

17.7

4.1

Darren Stish

16.6

3.95

Joe Bonelli

16.2

3.85

Tony Troumbly

16.2

3.85

Andrew Wick

16.15

3.1

Tommy Kishida

16.15

3.1

Capt. Shark Kishida

15.8

3.35

Mark Garrelts

15.8

3.35

Aaron Garrelts

15.4

3.65

Dane Vocelka

15.4

3.65

Clay Dueland

15.3

3.45

Steve Herschbach

15.3

3.45

Pete Hussman

14.85

3.1

Mike Lebsack

14.85

3.1

Douglas Pirila

14.6

3.35

Lee Dueland

14.6

3.35

Bob Hell

13.9

3.05

Jeff Wefel

13.9

3.05

Jason Wefel

13.05

2.95

Sam Carlson

13.05

2.95

Jesse Powell

12.95

3.15

Kenny Schofield

12.95

3.15

Andy Puvogel

Deer Lake, Grand Rapids, MN - Results

Windy and cloudy made fishing more challenging, but again everyone got fish.

Wgt

BF

Members

15.05

3.5

Mike Lebsack

15.05

3.5

Douglas Pirila

14.35

4.15

Lee Dueland

14.35

4.15

Bob Hell

13.75

3.65

Dan Hendershot

13.75

3.65

Capt. Shark Kishida

12.45

2.85

Sam Carlson

12.45

2.85

Jesse Powell

11.85

3

Mark Garrelts

11.85

3

Aaron Garrelts

11.1

2.45

Derek Stish

11.1

2.45

Darren Stish

10.3

1.5

Mike Hogstrom

10.3

1.5

Joe Bonelli

9.5

2.65

Kenny Schofield

9.5

2.65

Andy Puvogel

8.35

2.75

Steve Johnson

8.35

2.75

Clay Dueland

6.9

1.65

Jace Swanson

Island Lake - Results

Well the year got off to a big start, lots of smallies and great bags too. Good job guys.

Also our April 3rd Meeting is the last chance to join the B.A.S.S. and fish for a chance to get to the Tournament of Champions this year on Lake Vermilion, Sept 3-5. Please come to that meeting with your Bassmaster number and your $80 for the B.A.S.S. fees (state and national rosters).

Thanks.

All standings are updated.

Thanks everyone, it's been a great year. Lots of fishing, great people, great lakes, and good fish. We'll get more details for each event out here soon, but all statistics are now updated so check out the Duluth Bass Club standings and our B.A.S.S. standings as well.

See ya at Pokegama/Cross for the last Weekend event and in October for the last Thursday event.

Island Lake

The weather was finally nice, but the fishing tough. Lots of boat issues and entertainment tonight.

Congrats to Doug Pirila and Matt Amos for taking first with five nice smallies.

Rank

Angler Name

Wgt

BigFish

1

Douglas Pirila & Matt Amos

11.45

3.55

2

Roger Olson & Ouitdee Carson

7.4

2.85

3

Todd & Tracy

7.15

2.75

4

Steve Johnson & Robbie Storrar

6.85

2.85

Thanks and see you on Fish lake in 3 weeks.

Island Lake (West) Results

The storms moved past just before we got out. Still a bit of rain and some winds, but it turned out to be a great night.

Congrats to Sharaku Kishida for another great showing taking first with the tie breaker.

Rank

Angler Name

Wgt

BigFish

1

Sharaku Kishida

14.65

3.2

2

Matt Amos & Douglas Pirila

14.65

3.1

3

Lee Dueland & Clay Dueland

12.9

3.2

4

Roger Olson & Ouitdee Carson

12.8

2.55

5

Bob Hell

8.7

2

Doug Pirila & Matt Amos

Thanks and see you on the East end in 3 weeks.

Lake Vermilion Results

Thanks everyone for a great event. Congrats to Mike and Joe, they put together the winning bag. The winds were strong and fishing slow, so everyone did a great job.

1st: Joe Bonelli & Mike Hogstrom 2nd: Steve Johnson & Sharaku Kishida

Rank

Angler Name

Wgt

BigFish

1

Mike Hogstrom

17.75

3.75

Joe Bonelli

2

Steve Johnson

17.2

3.85

Sharaku Kishida

3

Bob Hell

16.75

3.95

Andy Swenson

4

Robbie (UMD Bass) Storrar

16.2

3.3

Brad (Gander) Bergslien

5

Douglas Pirila

13.55

3.1

Matt Amos

6

Jeff Wefel

13.1

2.45

Jason Wefel

7

Jesse Powell

9.6

Samuel Carlson

8

Gene Hautajarvi

8.5

Glen Bergstrand

9

Adam Marthaler

0

See ya in June at Pokegama Lake, Grand Rapids.

Your B.A.S.S. fees are needed by Apr

Remember everyone that wants to fish B.A.S.S. and have a chance to fish the TOC this year, they need to pay in by April. ALL Details are in our rules.

Please check out our Tournament Rules, Club By Laws, Tournament Schedules, etc. they were all updated and are set to go.

Congratulations to our new Competition Committee of Roger Olson, Matt Amos, and Steve Johnson. Steve is also our Secretary/Treasurer and sponsor - LFR Jigs. So he's really in and carrying his share. Thanks.. Doug was voted President, thanks.

The schedules were reviewed, had only a couple changes and were voted in, so check them out.

Duluth Bass Club Website Update

Hey folks, we need all Duluth BASS Club anglers to register at www.DuluthBass.org so we can get the angler profiles together. Each person will be responsible for their own profile. We will setup the basic page and you can login to make changes to it.

Remember we meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Powerhouse Bar in Proctor at 6:30pm. So bring anyone interested with you.

All meetings start at 7:00 pm, unless noted, at the Powerhouse Bar in Proctor, MN.

Oct. 1

Nov. 5

Dec. 3

Feb ??, 2016 DULUTH BASSMASTER CLASSIC - NOON til PARTY at 5:00 PM

MN B.A.S.S. NATION

All general membership meetings start at noon. Board at 8:00 am.

TOC - Sept 10-11, 2015

Oct. 17, 2014 - Medina Ballroom

Dec. 5, 2014 - Medina Ballroom

Jan. 16, 2015 - Medina Ballroom

March 5, 2015 - Medina Ballroom

April 16, 2015 - Medina Ballroom.

TOC - ???, 2016

Duluth BASS Club Membership Openings

Duluth BASS is always looking to add new members to our club. To join goto contact Doug at doug@duluthbass.org or CALL: 218-390-9973

It's simple to join us, you can simply contact us, pay your club dues and fish with us.

JOIN TODAY!

If you want a chance to fish official Bassmasters and B.A.S.S. qualifying events, all you need is to be a member of Bassmasters, the Minnesota Bass Federation Nation, the B.A.S.S. Fed Nation Roster, and our club.

There are three ways to qualify for the TOC each year. We qualify for a set number of openings. So a certain number of teams at the top of our standings (best 5 of 6 events) from the prior year can qualify. Then again if you didn't make it the previous year, you and all new members compete for the remaining openings by being at the top after the first three events of the current year. Plus one more member gets to compete in the Alternates Tournament for a final opportunity to fish the TOC, as a non-boater.

We are getting ready for next year, now. Now to get the meetings setup, the members signed up, official club shirts and sponsors arranged, and the coming year will be even better. We hope that any serious bass anglers consider joining us for 2012 and a shot at the Tournament of Champions on Island Lake in Duluth Minnesota next September.